INDEX

331

Momsania, 10, 52-53
MuMenberg, Peter, 244, 243

Navigation acts, 154-57

New England, less republican than

South and Middle states, 15, 40-
41; loins in <*barsain"' with South.
155-57

"New Federal Song" lampoons Con-
vention delegates, 188

New Hampshire, holds state conven-
tion, 204-206; ratiies Constitution,
206; celebrates with Federal Pro-
cession, 214-15

New Hav&n Gazette, 190

New Jersey, special interest of, 85-
88; ratifies Constitution, 193

New Jersey plan, 81, 133, 141;
offered by Paterson, 84-85; sup-
ported by Luther Martin, 87-38;
summary of, 88-89; debated, 90-
92; Hamilton on, 91-92; discussed
by Madison, 94; Committee of
the Whole reports against, 94;
Hamilton's opinion of, 109; re-
ferred to Committee of Detail,
138; supplies details for draft of
Constitution, 140

'"New Roof," in Federal Recession*
245-48; 250-51

New York, imposes customs on
neighboring states, 45, 85, 195,
231; special interests of, 80-87;
accused of bribery, 20$; is strong
in opposition to Constitution, 216-
17; holds state convention, 231-
85; strategic strength and weak-
ness of, 232; ratifies Constitution,
235

New Jorl Packet, 240

Nicholas, George, 219, 222

Nicholson, James, 240

Nixon, John, 243

North Carolina convention refuses
to ratify Constitution, 235-37;
ratifies Constitution, 237

Northwest Territory, 18, 121, 152

Notes on the Confederacy t by James
Madison, 50

Oaths of Fidelity to United States,

debate on, 79
Ohio Company, 128

Ordinance of 1787, 121
Qsnabergli, Bishop of, 145
Oswald, Eleazer, 227
Oxford University, 14, 52

3?aca, William, proposes amend-
ments,' 207-208

Paine, Thomas, 188

Paper money, 32, 45, 69S 143, 190;
in New Jersey, 85; states denied
power to issue* 147

Patexson, William, 14, 23, 88, 125,
139, 173; keeps private record of
Convention, 29; characterize*^
72; opposes proportional represen-
tation, 72-74; in debate with Wil-
son, 74-75; announces existence
of New Jersey plaas 81; offers
New Jersey f>laas 84-85; leads
small stares in attack on Virginia
plan, 86-87; in debate on New
Jersey plan, 89-90; serves on com-
mittee of states, 107; in debate on
federal compromise* 112-13; sug-
gests adjournment sine die, 124;
in debate on ratification, 188

Peaie, Charles Wilson, 110

Peak's Museum, 129

PeiKfleton, Edmund, 217-18, 230;
replies to Mason and Henry, 220

Peims Richard, 1

Pennsylvania, conflict between "bad:
counties and seaboard, 121, 185;
holds state convention, 182-86;
ratifies Gmstitation, 186

Pennsylvania HwaH, 20, 145

Pennsylvania Journal, 20

Pennsylvania Pac$ce$9 127, 239; pub-
lishes Constitution, 178

Pennsylvania Society for ftomotmg
the Abolition of Slavery, 152

Peter the Great, 37

Philosophic Solitude* by William
Livingston, 52

Kckering, Timothy, 160

Kerce, William, 103; keeps private
record of Convention, 29; de-
scribes fellow-delegates, 36-39,
52-53, 72, 86, 91, 97, 104, 151;
relates stoiy of delegate's careless-
ness* 39-40; his journal quoted,
46; in debate OB Senate, 71; leaves
Convention, 106; returns to Con-
gress, 177